Webs can be decorated with decoys, fine-tuned like guitars—and hold secrets about evolution. A Cyclosa spider is camouflaged on a web with debris attached to make itself less visible at the Los Amigos ...

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...

What is thought to be the world's largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border. After researchers published their ...

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After a brief foray into creatures big, flashy, and famous, we must return to form and focus on the spineless, creepy, and crawling. Today we're shining a spotlight on one of the most loathèd ...

BOSTON -- Over the past few decades, the Red Sox have had a steady succession of aces, from Roger Clemens to Pedro Martinez to Curt Schilling to Jon Lester to Chris Sale. In just one season with the ...

A giant spider web discovered by the research team. /Underground Biology A giant spider web spanning 32 pyeong (approximately 106 square meters) was discovered in a sulfur cave near the border between ...

This is the first evidence of colonial behaviour in two common spider species and probably represents the largest spider web in the world. Researchers have discovered more than 111,000 spiders ...

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Scientists have discovered what may be the world's largest spider web. Researchers found the colossal web hosting a megacity of around 111,000 spiders in Sulfur Cave, a site located on the border ...

Deep inside a pitch-black chamber on the Albanian–Greek border, scientists have stumbled upon something straight out of a nightmare: the world’s biggest spider web. “This is one of the first examples ...

A cave straddling the border of Greece and Albania has just yielded an absolute treasure trove of spiders. There, in the depths of Sulfur Cave, a team of scientists has discovered what they think ...